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B. THAYER.

MUSIG S'ATOHEL;

No 338,569. Patented Mar. 23, 1886..

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE THAYER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MUSlC-SATCHEL.

$PECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,569, dated March23,1886.

Application filed January 2, 1886. Serial No. 187,491.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE THAYER, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Music-Satchels, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a side elevation of one of my improved music-satchels, partbeing broken away. Fig. 2 is a sectional end elevation of the same,taken through the line 00 m, Fig. 1, part being broken away;

The object of this invention is to provide music-satchels constructed insuch a manner that the music carried in them will not be injured orprevented from lying smoothly upon a music-rack.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of thevarious parts of the music-satchel, as will be hereinafter fullydescribed.

A represents the cover or case of the musicsatchel, which may be made ofleather, cloth, or other suitable material, and is nailed or otherwisesecured at its end edges to the edges of the ends B. Each end B is inovoid form, may be made of wood or other suitable material, and is intwo equal parts, the plane of division being in the longest axis of thesaid ends. By thus dividing the ends and securing them to theflexiblecovering,thesatchel may be opened wide for the reception of thesheet-music, which may be laid therein without rolling. Upon closing thesatchel the sheet-music will be brought into ovoid form, to correspondto the contour of the case, and will not coil up when taken out for use.The parts of the bisected ends 13 are kept from lateral movement uponeach other by dowel-pins O, which may be permanently attached to onepart and enter dowel-pin holes in the other part, or may be inserted inholes leading through one of the said parts and into the other part. Thelatter arrangement is shown in Fig. 2; or the parts of the ends can bekept from lateral movement (No model.)

upon each other by being connected by hinges, as indicated in dottedlines in Fig. 2. One side edge of the case A can be extended, as shownin Figs. 1 and 2, so as to serve as a flap to overlap the other edge andcover theclosed mouth of the satchel. The satchel is held shut by one ormore straps, D, buckled around it, andis provided with a handle, E, forconvenience in carrying it.

The satchel is designed to be made of such a size that when one or moresheets of music are placed within it the edges of the said sheets willmeet, or nearly meet, at the mouth of the satchel, so that the sheets ofmusic will not.

receive a permanent curve from being placed in the satchel and be thusprevented from lying smoothly upon a music-rack when being used, as isthe case when music is rolled in the ordinary manner.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. A musicsatchel consisting of a flexiblecover having attached to the inside thereof at each end a pair ofsemi-ovoid or semicircular end pieces arranged at a slight distance fromeach other, so that when the cover is rolled the said end pieces arefolded to form the ends, substantially as set forth.

2. A music-satchel consisting of a flexible cover having attached to theinside thereof at each end a pair of folding semi-ovoid or semicircularend pieces, the adjacent faces of which are provided, respectively, witha pin and an aperture therefor, to prevent lateral movement of thesectional ends when folded, substantially as set forth.

3. A music-satchel consisting of a flexible cover having attached to theinside thereof at each end a pair of folding semi-ovoid or semicircularend pieces having apertures in alignment, and the sliding pin 0,extending from the outside of the case at the end into the saidapertures, substantially as set forth.

EUGENE THAYER.

Witnesses:

JAMES T. GRAHAM, EDGAR TATE.

